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Get your groove on: 50+ summer concerts in Raleigh

Jam out to your favorite tunes all summer long at these live performances coming to the Triangle this summer.

Attendees watch a concert at Red Hat Amphitheater.

Red Hat Amphitheater has a capacity of 5,990.

Photo provided by IBMA and Pinecone

We hope you’ve got your boogie shoes on, because the Triangle has quite the lineup of live music this summer. We found 50+ local shows and organized them by genre so you can find your tunes (and new artists) vivace.

Alternative + Indie

Maggie Rogers | Wednesday, June 19 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Pink Beds | Saturday, June 29 | The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop

Two Door Cinema Club | Saturday, July 20 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Cage The Elephant | Saturday, Aug. 3 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Iron & Wine | Wednesday, Aug. 7 | Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Still Woozy | Tuesday, Aug. 13 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Glass Animals | Friday, Aug. 16 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Hopscotch Music Festival | Thursday, Sept. 5-Saturday, Sept. 7 | Downtown Raleigh

Cigarettes After Sex | Wednesday, Sept. 11 | PNC Arena

Dance + Electronic

Good Moon Festival feat. Sylvan Esso, Fleet Foxes, and more | Friday, May 31 + Saturday, June 1 | Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Phutureprimitive | Saturday, July 20 | The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop

Bob Dylan performing in July 2019

Bob Dylan infuses elements of both folk and rock music.

Country + Folk

Hank Williams Jr. | Friday, May 17 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Paul Cauthen | Tuesday, May 21 | The Ritz

Orville Peck | Thursday, May 30 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Kane Brown | Friday, June 7 | PNC Arena

Brothers Osborne | Saturday, June 8 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Tim McGraw | Saturday, June 22 | PNC Arena

Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Alyson Krauss, and more | Sunday, June 23 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Sam Hunt | Saturday, July 27 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Maren Morris | Saturday, Aug. 10 | The Ritz

Dan + Shay | Saturday, Aug. 17 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

An Evening With Emmylou Harris | Wednesday, Sept. 11 | Durham Performing Arts Center

Jelly Roll | Friday, Sept. 20 | PNC Arena

Hip-Hop, R&B + Rap

Tank | Friday, May 17 | Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Joyner Lucas | Friday, May 24 | The Ritz

Megan Thee Stallion | Tuesday, June 4 | PNC Arena

Bryson Tiller | Sunday, June 9 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Gary Clark Jr. | Thursday, June 13 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Sean Paul | Friday, June 14 | The Ritz

XSCAPE and SWV | Saturday, July 20 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

An Evening with John Legend | Sunday, Aug. 11 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary

Childish Gambino | Friday, Aug. 30 | PNC Arena

Ken Carson | Friday, Aug. 30 | The Ritz

Boys II Men | Friday, Sept. 6 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

$uicideboy$ | Sunday, Sept. 15 | PNC Arena

Pop

Melanie Martinez | Friday, May 31 | PNC Arena

Niall Horan | Friday, June 7 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Chappell Roan | Wednesday, June 12 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Justin Timberlake | Wednesday, June 12 | PNC Arena

New Kids on the Block | Sunday, July 28 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Tate McRae | Friday, Aug. 16 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Meghan Trainor | Thursday, Sept. 12 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Hans Zimmer standing with a microphone and black and white electric guitar.

Hans Zimmer has composed dozens of famous film scores, including “The Lion King” and “The Dark Knight.”

Classical

Kristin Chenoweth and the NC Symphony | Saturday, May 18 | Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Tchaikovsky Spectacular | Saturday, May 25 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary

Salute to John Williams | Friday, May 31 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary

Orchestral Rendition of Dr. Dre | Saturday, June 1 | The Ritz

Steep Canyon Rangers and the NC Symphony | Saturday, June 8 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary

Hans Zimmer | Tuesday, Sept. 10 | PNC Arena

Symphonie Fantastique | Friday, Sept. 20 + Satruday, Sept. 21 | Meymandi Concert Hall

Rock

Our Last Night | Wednesday, May 22 | The Ritz

John Fogerty | Wednesday, June 5 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Seven Teller with Jacoozy | Wednesday, June 12 | The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop

Dave Matthews Band | Friday, June 14 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Red Hot Chili Peppers | Wednesday, June 26 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Alanis Morrissette | Thursday, June 27 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

A Day To Remember | Tuesday, July 2 | Red Hat Amphitheater

Third Eye Blind with Yellowcard | Sunday, July 21 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

blink-182 | Tuesday, July 30 | PNC Arena

The Doobie Brothers | Wednesday, July 31 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire | Monday, Aug. 12 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Hootie & the Blowfish | Friday, Sept. 13 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

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